Merry Christmas!!

Even Hannah got matching Christmas pajamas-courtesy of Great Aunt Pat....and see..we got our fireplace working!!! Hooray (and thanks Dee...)

Christmas Doings

Hi!!

Christmas is FIVE DAYS AWAY!! Im so excited!

Here are some pictures from last weekend...we made Santa cookies and watched a lil' football.

Daddy and the babies measuring powdered sugar for the icing...
Matthew LOVES to smell things....esp. the vanilla!
Caitlin posing for the camera while daddy does all the work
Mommy and the big kids decorating
Watching a little football with daddy
Don't they look alike???

13 days till Christmas!

We're all getting holiday happy around here...we've got our (minimal) Christmas decorations up, and the kids are being especially nice to one another. (they know Santa's watching!) Monday and Tuesday they each had a Christmas program at the preschool which was wonderfully entertaining for those of use who got to watch. Matthew's class was hilarious! It was a bunch of three year olds trying to out sing one another. Matthew received the award for being the best singer in the group and we were so proud. He has spent the past two weeks practicing all the songs ALL the time (my personal favorite was "Little Gray donkey, clip clop clip clop, all the way to Bethlehem"; very very cute). Caitlin's performance was slightly more organized and she did a WONDERFUL job. She knew all the words to all the songs, and looked beautiful up there in her red Christmas dress and (faux) fur lined sweater.

In typical Caitlin fashion, she was oh so serious during the performance-this was strictly business folks-no time for waving, smiling or silliness. She cracks me up.

We have had the most wonderful weather for the past few days which has allowed us to go play outside during the afternoons; the kids LOVE their backyard. They play on the playground constantly and practice playing t-ball. They are getting very good at it!

Matthew playing outfield

Caitlin whacking the ball.

Hannah can't stand to miss any of the fun...and loves to be outside. Today I caught her looking at the mobile on her swing. So cute!

And of course the peanut butter puppy has to be in on the fun. She would LOVE to be able to play outfield (and chew the baseballs) but she knows better. Just a ratty old tennis ball for you Chass!

When they need a break they just come and hang out in the Georgia chairs.

...or roll around in the grass. Life is good!

Hannah is doing well..aside from an ear infection that is. However she is getting on more of a schedule-we're able to put her to bed at 8 with the kids (usually; though its 9:00 right now and she has just gotten daddy to get her up for some playtime. Oh well) and she'll get me up only once or twice in the night to eat. Which isn't' too bad.

Ok, well actually she called daddy to tell him to get mommy because it's been 5 minutes since she last ate and she's famished! So I must go. More later.

Hannah's New Swing

Merry Christmas mommy Hannah!
So nice-I don't even notice my ear infection...

Good Morning!

It's Wednesday morning, which means Caitlin and Matthew are both in preschool and I have a few minutes for blogging.

Things here are going well-yesterday I took Hannah in for her 1 month checkup and the doctor said everything looked good. She weighs 9lbs, 7oz (50th percentile) and is 22 inches long (75th percentile) and her head is only in the 25th percentile. (i can't remember the exact measurement). So she seems to be thriving. However she does seem to have a bit of colic-especially in the evening...she gets very fussy, and scrunches her little body up and acts so uncomfortable...nothing will soothe her except for being held (thank HEAVENS for my Bjorn!). Hopefully this will pass.

Caitlin and Matthew went with me to Hannah's appointment and while we were there I was telling the doctor about how they have had these horrible colds (no fever, just runny noses and coughs) for about 2 weeks. He kindly offered to take a quick look at them and determined that they needed antibiotics (some bumps on their throats, and redness in Caitlin's ear)-so now they are finally starting to get better. Im so SICK of all this sickness around here...I swear we are singlehandedly keeping Kleenex in business-

Other than being sick the big kids are doing well. They continue to love preschool...Matthew got his first invitation for a playdate the other day. Drew is the only other little boy in his class (10 girls, 2 boys) and according to his mother Drew spends all day talking about Matthew...so the two boys are getting together this saturday to play in Drew's "office"...evidently Drew loves office things. Im going to have to find out more about this.

Since Caitlin found out about Matthew having a playdate she has been at me to talk to one of her friends moms about a playdate for her...Im feeling pretty shy about doing that, but she really wants Aubrey to come over and play. So I'll probably just bite the bullet and do it. However she is very excited because daddy has promised to do something special with her while matthew is at drew's.

Matt and I are still LOVING the new house...getting it decorated for Christmas has been so much fun!

That's about all my news..I have one picture to post-titled, "The reason I'm not sleeping anymore". And yes, that is my side of the bed....